LBHS Classroom Destined for National Star-Studded Show
Story by Rosemary Leonetti.
REALChange Productions, in partnership with the Adopt-A-Classroom program, will film next week at Long Beach High School for a star-studded nationally televised program.
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A film crew will visit the classroom of social studies teacher Dr. Andy Smith as part of the Real Change Project starting at 11 a.m. Feb. 25. The filming will involve Smith, LBHS students and Real Change founder and CEO Liam Murphy, a graduate of LBHS’s Class of 1996.
Murphy has worked on this project for six years, connecting superstar celebrities including Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Pitbull, Lady Antebellum, LMFAO and Jason Mraz, with their hometown schools in an effort to give back to those who helped them get their successful start, according to the Long Beach School District.
Murphy family are Long Beach natives who have deep ties within the community. His father, Jack, taught at Long Beach High School for 30 years, his grandmother was a lunch room monitor, and Liam is passionate in supporting his district as well as schools in need throughout the country.
Long Beach teachers and students will be presented with donated supplies, including an assortment of technology products and Samsung tablets, to help rebuild and replenish supplies following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy.
This prime-time, nationally televised compilation show will air April 23 at 7 p.m. on CBS. Starting March 1 and running through May 31, people can visit www.officedepot.com/realchange to make a donation to these schools and Office Depot will match the donations made.
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AEA President June 18, 2013 at 04:46 pm
yes - by sheer coincidence, their employees work more overtime than ever before in their last 3…Read More years of employment before retirement (as it so happens, their pension is based in part on their last 3 years of employment).
Eddie June 18, 2013 at 02:55 pm
Great photos, Richard. With joists like those, you could drive a firetruck up that thing!
Eugene Torres June 17, 2013 at 07:57 am
Heron St is like a bombed out war zone. Many of the residents
drive the wrong way to avoid the…Read More potholes at the beginning of the street.
Charlie Cheswick June 18, 2013 at 03:13 pm
"Working" storm drains like the one between Regent & Greenway on Lido Blvd?
RackEmUp Gomez June 15, 2013 at 07:36 pm
I do not have a job for you but the fcat that you are industrious enough to post here indicates to…Read More me that you would be a good employee.
tcatrainer June 16, 2013 at 04:15 pm
Look for seasonal summer jobs. Ticket takers at the beach. Depending how old they are, the moving…Read More industry is in their busy time in the summer and the pay is pretty good when you factor in the tips.
Susie Pennachio June 15, 2013 at 09:13 am
yeeeepppp i always see people trying to get thru it or go around it to get onto the beach
Jaime Sumersille (Editor) June 15, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Thanks for the notice, Ally! I posted this on Facebook to make people aware! - Jaime Sumersille,…Read More Regional Editor, Nassau County
RackEmUp Gomez June 14, 2013 at 03:55 pm
Those murderers from Boston were students, right?
How about importing some kids from Brooklyn that…Read More need help?
Lets stop being patsys.
Me June 13, 2013 at 08:49 pm
What would be the basis for that demand? The govt only has to turn over exculpatory evidence or…Read More evidence it intends to use against a defendant and as far as I know in a civil matter (especially divorce) the govt is generally not a party to the action so how would they be compelled to do so?
oceanview June 14, 2013 at 10:43 am
Did Grace Industries have the contract for the firehouse in the west end?
RackEmUp Gomez June 17, 2013 at 11:36 pm
How about the THOUSANDS of illegal apartments being rebuilt with FEDERAL money?
Who gives a rats…Read More ass about the boardwalk?
Lets get the multi-millions in untaxed cash from these thieving landlords.
RackEmUp Gomez June 14, 2013 at 05:55 pm
I dont agree with all or even most of Harveys politics but there is NO doubt that he is one the…Read More greatest benefactors to Long Beach in its history.......maybe THE greatest.
When he is gone the Tea Party scumbags that want to kill the sandy Bill in 2014 and also send your flood insurance off the charts will have one less voice speaking out against it.
LI Resistance June 16, 2013 at 09:17 pm
When Harvey is gone we will have less wasted money from the tax payers. Harvey is our benefactor…Read More using our own tax money you idiots.
anonymous June 17, 2013 at 01:54 am
You guys still don't get it...yes...Harvey brings back "our" money. But why are he and the…Read More rest of the politicians taking it in the first place? These politicians have you so bamboozled that as they bleed us dry you thank them for the privilege of doing it. All they have to do is say "it's for the children" and you take leave of your brains. Unbelievable...
RackEmUp Gomez June 14, 2013 at 09:16 pm
If one of the 17 was your son you may not be so flippant , you moron.
oceanview June 13, 2013 at 11:26 am
Who let these people run the shelter. They looked like con artists right from the start.
andy napolitano June 13, 2013 at 01:16 pm
@BSM if you read the post you would see it tells you to go to a Facebook site called Rescue Ink =…Read More The Facts. On this site there is a copy of Rescue Inks's 2011 tax form which is public information. It shows right on that tax form how they only paid 6% of their income for the animals. Also it is in the contract (also public information) with the City Of Long Beach, that Rescue Ink is just "running" the shelter. The building is owned & maintained by the City which also pays all utilities & vet bills. You should do a little research yourself before you question us. We could never put up these "facts" unless they were true.
Michael Ganci (Editor) June 12, 2013 at 08:43 am
You should post this on our yard sale community map!…Read More http://longbeach.patch.com/groups/summer/p/holding-a-yard-sale-in-long-beach-add-it-to-our-map_f8d3eba9
Tideline June 12, 2013 at 05:43 pm
I have heard the Lido Beach Fire House referred to as a social/drinking club for Jewish guys.…Read More Everyone is broke, let them make due like eveyone else is trying to do. The Tax Payers should not be stuck with this. Sell one of the Fire District properties in Pt Lookout, problem solved.
Maybe someone can explain THAT to the parents.
Superstars???? Wow todays youth is brainwashed everyday!